Shakespeare and the fall of the Roman Republic : : selfhood, stoicism and civil war / / Patrick Gray.
Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche.
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| Superior document: | Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 May 2021). |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Shakespeare and the vulnerable self
- Part I. Julius Caesar
- "A beast without a heart": Pietas and pity in Julius Caesar
- "The northern star": Constancy and passibility in Julius Caesar
- Conclusion to Part 1: Shakespeare's Passion play
- Part II. Antony and Cleopatra
- "The high Roman fashion": Suicide and Stoicism in Antony and Cleopatra
- "A spacious mirror": Interpellation and the other in Antony and Cleopatra
- Conclusion to Part II: The last interpellation
- Conclusion: Between humanism and antihumanism.